Centre for South Asian Studies

Profile

I joined the University of Edinburgh in December 2023. Before this, I taught and worked in various countries and institutions, including the Leiden University (the Netherlands), the University of Bergen (Norway), Ashoka University (India), and the National Islamic University Jakarta (Indonesia). Additionally, I've worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), the African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), and the Dutch Institute in Morocco (NIMAR). 

I completed my undergraduate studies in History and Islamic Studies at Darul Huda Islamic Academy and the University of Calicut. Later, I moved to Delhi to pursue an M.A. in Ancient Indian History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, followed by an MPhil there in a combination of history and landscape archaeology. During my M.A., I became interested in Indian Ocean histories, a fascination that continues to intrigue me to this day. Along these lines, I completed my Ph.D. in Global History at Leiden University Institute for History in 2016.

Apart from the Indian Ocean History before 1750 CE, I am also interested in medieval and early modern South Asia, African intellectuals in Asia, legal Ideas and texts, and religious encounters.